Sabrina M Bland's Art

Spring!!!

2011-03-29T11:46:00.001-07:00

The beginning of a piece for the Go Green Exhibit.... And the finished piece " In My Heart Spring Flutters" Little bits of whimsical jewelry for sale in my studio at the Tannery Pins and Necklaces And a small piece reminiscent of Cerro Negro at night, simply named "Noche" Feel free to visit me in my studio, #94, at the Tannery Row Artist Coloy in Buford!

Lucky 7 Show and 2 years + at Tannery!!

2011-02-17T13:50:00.000-08:00

What a Thrill!! A little over 2 years at Tannery and our 7th anniversay show is this Saturday. What an honor and a blessing to be surrounded by such lovely and talented artists!

This is one piece for the show "(It's Not Always Easy) Getting Your Ducks In A Row!"

...part of the crow series, "Five for Silver"

Here is one of the other pieces as I started it....ballet shoes

And the completed piece titled " Let the Beauty You Love, Be What You Do"

All Art is on display at Tannery Row Artist Colony and for sale! Come and enjoy this Saturday at 6pm our 7th anniversary of fun!

Music, Art and Tierra of my Dreams

2010-11-23T17:17:00.000-08:00

"Tierra of My Dreams"
One foot in each culture definitely keeps me on my toes, forcing me to evaluate my life, my cultural biases and priorities. Though I am not always comfortable with the tension this creates, I am thankful for the rich diversity of my life and the creativity it sparks.....

"Still Life in the Studio" a classic watercolor on cotton
Russ, do you recognize the rocks???

"Calm Lake" acrylic inks on canvas "Summer Breeze" another acrylic ink

This is the beginning of "Five for Silver" an acrylic ink on clayboard, and a part of the crow series.

A few little fun things.... 4 X 4 acrylic on crackle paste...."Windy Day"

"Stars"............

and " Jungle Boogie"

"When Bluebirds Knock, You Better Answer" Acrylic woth texture.....

a close up of one of the bluebirds.....

This piece was in the Music in Me Show at the Tannery. I began by masking out part of the painting....

Then I started with an acrylic ink wash................

Then I added texture and detail. This is called "Feel" in tribute to the Michelle Tumes Song.

This was an acrylic ink on canvas. " Stain Glass Trees"

and finally the finished product from the last blog,inspired by the song Breathe Me by Sia, called "Breathe Me Out"

All art is on sale at Tannery Row Artist Colony in Buford, as well Christmas cards and other creative treats! Come by and visit me!

Back in the Saddle Again...or so to speak....

2010-08-21T09:00:00.000-07:00

Back in beautiful Georgia and trading my shovel for a paintbrush.....slowly getting into the flow of life here, surrounded by the most wonderful people at Tannery Row♥

Untitled

Strada

Hydrangeas #2

and Hydrangeas #3

Detail of a piece that I might put in the upcoming show, The Music in Me.

here is the beginning of the piece.......much more to go......

.....and another piece I am beginning, possibly for the show

I love the "stained glass" feel of this!

Background for a new piece that I am very excited about! This is a huge canvas!

The Giant Wall.....finished

2010-07-11T15:12:00.001-07:00

The right side showing the spiritual,the economic, the education and the farming of Amigos

The Water programs and the Health Centers....notice Steven teaching! hahaha

The sun rising and the ever crowing roosters!!!

Tomas drilling a well............

Kristin's Jose Benito blowing bubbles...............

Popsicles!!!!!!!

The rancho at the finca.......floating chancitos y pollitos!!!

Baca and the Pay it Foward program and Bead Amigas...

The whole.........

Construction of homes.....

The wall in casa Blanca...showing all the areas of Amigos...I hope I represented well....

A Touch of Whimsy and the promise of spring fulfilled

2010-05-23T05:48:00.000-07:00

Does everyone paint to music? I can't imagine not...this was inspired by Immogen Heap's 2-1....for my Annie and the angel Gabrielle

Things Are Not Always How They Seem

Consumed.....

Six for Gold

10,000 Fireflies

Behind the Tannery

A work on raw canvas....

Other Worlds

Red Wash Day....the reoccuring girl in Red.....mmmmm who is she?

Lovely Lunar Moths

An older Pic...Never put on before...What Lies Beneath

A close-up of the pomegranate

My finally finished Weave of Persephone

Eagerly awaiting the opening of Spring....

2010-03-12T11:21:00.000-08:00

Trying to limit myself, my palette to black and white +1 color, is like trying to limit myself to only three ingredients to meals......even beans and rice has so much more!!! The rich warm undertones of cumin and chili, the reds of chipotle, the creamy taupes of roasted garlic and caramel onions....sigh. I am often not good with limits, but I am enjoying the asthetic challenge.

"Organic"

"Organic in Blue"

"Raiz"

all acrylic ink, paint and watercolor creations.

For those who wished to see the finished weave, this is "Persephone" representing the 6 months that the goddess Persephone had to stay in Hades, after eating 6 seeds of the pomegranate Thus she doomed mankind to suffer 6 months of winter while Persephone's mom, the goddess of earth, mourned.

My piece for the Stations of the Cross exhibit for 12Stone
"Even the Stars Wept"

And two little playful creations with crackle paste and acrylics
"Sunflowers"

and "Indigo Sun"

"Poof!" Yes, I even dream of dandelions in spring!

Winter Blues...hurry up Spring!!

2010-02-03T06:15:00.000-08:00

Winter has been so FIERCE in Ga...too wet and too cold.

But painting is still a joy,like my family . All my passion poured out....

in watercolors and ink...acrylics and words.....

"Windows Into My Soul"

"....i give you windows into my soul..."
poem to follow another day :)

"Torn"
( for Iri....she will understand)

"On the Way to Rotarios"
For anyone who has every had their faces
slapped by the Eucalyptus trees!

And my work in progress....first I painted two identical trees

...one in daytime of late spring....

One in the night of winter....

And then, gasp!!! I cut them up!

In 36 identical strips...

And began the weave.......

hopefully i will get it done as I envision.
And now the finished product weaved....

November blew in with Ida and followed me home from Nica....sigh

2009-11-11T16:18:00.000-08:00

The Converse Years...from when the girls were addicted
to Chuck Taylors

My Summer South of the Border...yes Katie, still

of the best days of my life!

Arora Borealis

more swirls, more hope... Hope Bubbles Up too

Big 2 Show at Tannery Row

2009-10-23T15:15:00.001-07:00

Eight for a Wish- acrylic

This was based on the childrens rhyme about crows:
"One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, and four for a boy,
five for silver, six for gold, seven for secrets never told.
Eight for a wish and nine for a kiss, and ten for a time for joyous bliss."
According to a friend I should have called it Egdar Allen Crow! haha!
I had so much fun at The Big 2 Show at Tannery Row and this piece won! What an immense thrill!

When Eduardo Found Lupita- acrylic

This was the other entry; both were 3 feet X 4 feet!
I love the movement and flow of latin dancers, and I tried to
capture that mood.And it was a tribute to one of the best dancers
I know-my mom in law Lupita Bland

Weaves and Things

2009-10-04T05:03:00.000-07:00

Music Festival over...sigh, fun but oh so hard. I'm switching back into mommy/art mode and it feels so good. Peace and quiet in the studio, but crazy overactive mind! Here I am trying to just calm it, and paint out all the busyness and swirling ideas. I've never done a series, but I like the weaves.....

Weave in me, Your mystery

knit my limbs with Your peace,

The stars will accompany me,

for i am rooted deep in Thee.....

And Guacamole in my dreams...i miss Nicaraguan avacados!

....and then swirly, twirly brain waves...

There are 2 more in this series, but the camera died...i will get them on later :)

Back in the USA and happy to be reunited with my family and my studio!

2009-08-29T05:22:00.000-07:00

I had a wonderful summer "creating" cement structures and lovely material selecto floors....

But I did have a chance to paint a little bit for me.

I painted the inside of the grotto at Villa Catalina. A wonderful artist and friend, Meg McLincha, had a painting to place inside the grotto, but after years we could not figure out how to place this inside without it "walking" away (this is a problem there.)

So Meg's outstanding art is in Casa Blanca and I put this there in memory of Marie Schivaree...

I also was asked by Chris Dubas to paint the inside of the library at Santa Matilde, a daunting task due to the size of the wall and the lonliness of the location. But I actually had a wonderful time thanks to my new friend Domingo (an adorable 5 year old who kept telling me to put more things in the picture"Doña, ponga un pajaro aqui!)

So here are my not so perfect pictures that I took with Kelly Fitzgerald, who made me feel like a million bucks when she saw it. ( thanks Kelly, te amo!)

2009-05-20T16:40:00.000-07:00

The Spring is such an inspiration!!!

This is "The Audacity of Bradford Pears"

( Sorry for the pun, but it was intended !)

"Lazarus Saw Trees "

(How weird would it be to be dead for 3 days and then open your eyes???

How often are we dead each day and don't see?)

And then there is the planning for Nicaragua .....and dreaming of its beauty

"Morning Laundry"

and of course "la Villa"

Spring, glorious spring!

2009-05-04T11:14:00.000-07:00

My Mom outside my studio....

Painting the Tannery....

At the park....

In the cemetary....

I guess I haven't written in a while. So much is going on! Between Nicaragua and Amigos for Christ work, teaching ballet and painting, I can't complain of boredom! We had a Plein Air event in Buford and this was my first! My mami came to paint with me and nothing could have made me happier! Here we are, joyfully painting away! I promise to post some new work soon!

And a little more.....

2008-12-27T06:03:00.000-08:00

"Work is love made visible." Kahlil Gibran

Art is the way I can express how much the beauty of life touches us. I hope that the still small moments I capture in my art will touch others and help them pause and see the beauty of the Master Artist that created all. Some say art is not a need, and so it is not something others will want. But I believe it is a need;or why would the strains of music bring us to tears,the maple in autumn cause us to smile in joy, or the picture make us pause and yearn? We need to be reminded that we are lovely, as is all life. Art causes us to pause and see this magical and crazy beauty that surrounds us daily.

This is the mural on the back of the library in Villa Catalina in Nicaragua

Nicaraguan Sunset

And " Mary Knew"

New work

2008-12-13T10:59:00.000-08:00

Here are some more pieces...I am having so much fun!!

This is "Hope Bubbles Up"

And This is "Fuschia Dare"

"the Scarlett Dance"

And "Indian Blue"

The fall tress and sky are such an inspiration.....

2008-11-23T06:46:00.000-08:00

Here are some of my favorites....

Joy
Tuffy's Horse
Patricia's Celeste Avacados

Nidge

Laguna Sun

Jenny Jumps
Winter Blues

Bud Opens
Blue Birches

Here are some of my paintings. I hope you enjoy!